Pay & Benefits

  • A reverse retirement wave is challenging chief human capital officers to rethink how they plan their workforce in FY 2020 and beyond. Two agencies -- one large, one medium -- described how to find success in one of the most important parts of that planning process: Building and maintaining a fluid pipeline of incoming and outgoing career employees.

    April 30, 2015
  • Federal News Radio\'s Michael O\'Connell and Nicole Ogrysko launch Studio Y, an audio podcast in which millennials talk about working for the federal government.

    April 30, 2015
  • While statistics show that baby boomers within the federal government are in no hurry to retire now, eventually that day will come. And the new leaders who will take their place want to work for a government that is nimble and uses technology to its advantage. In the final part of Federal News Radio\'s special report, The Reverse Retirement Wave, we take a look towards the future. What will the workforce of 2025 look like? We asked six government leaders today where they see the greatest opportunities for growth and what\'s working now that could be replicated on a larger scale.

    April 30, 2015
  • Joan Melanson, director of program promotion for Long Term Care Partners, joins host Mike Causey to discuss why feds should enroll in the Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program. April 29, 2015

    April 29, 2015
  • Sixty-five percent of federal employees who are eligible retire choose to stay on the job, according to a Federal News Radio survey. The workforce is growing older, but holding off on retirement actually makes financial sense for many employees. As part of our special report, The Reverse Retirement Wave: Planning for a Workforce that\'s Aging in Place, Federal News Radio\'s Sean McCalley talked to Kim Weaver, the director of external affairs for the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board. She\'s also putting off her last day to work and explains the financial reasons why many others do the same.

    April 29, 2015
  • For many federal employees, retiring well after they become eligible makes more sense than retiring the minute they reach that benchmark. As part of Federal News Radio\'s special report, The Reverse Retirement Wave, Kim Weaver, the director of External Affairs for the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, explains her decision to hold off on jumping straight into life after federal service.

    April 29, 2015
  • What advice might a federal geezer or geezerette have for today\'s young civil servant? What would they tell agencies to do to keep those young feds around longer?

    April 29, 2015
  • When young federal employees reach the mid-to-upper echelons of their government careers quickly, they often question whether there is room to move up. As part of our special report, The Reverse Retirement Wave, Federal News Radio examines a mentoring program created by Young Government Leaders and the Senior Executives Association to help aspiring leaders develop long-term federal careers.

    April 29, 2015
  • The so-called \"retirement wave\" isn\'t coming. But a dramatically different workforce challenge is coming fast.

    April 28, 2015
  • Guest columnist Nick St. Amant shares a lessoned he\'s cleaned from 50 years in the civil service, namely good communication is vastly greater than no communication.

    April 28, 2015
  • Agencies\' succession and next-generation training plans are unfocused, thanks to hiring freezes and budget cuts. Mission-critical projects pop up, but departments lack the workforce expertise to see them through when long-time federal employees retire. In part 2 of our special report, The Reverse Retirement Wave, we examine how some agencies are turning to reemployed annuitants for help navigating the rough waters.

    April 28, 2015
  • The retirement tsunami has long been the \"boogeyman\" of federal HR managers -- that baby boomers would be leaving the civil service in droves as they became eligible for retirement. An exclusive Federal News Radio survey reveals that something else may be going on. In part 1 of our special report, The Reverse Retirement Wave, we explore why federal employees are opting to stay on the job longer even though they are eligible to retire.

    April 28, 2015
  • We asked for you to send us your scary boss stories and you delivered -- and how! Keep \'em coming, says Senior Correspondent Mike Causey.

    April 27, 2015
  • Have you had an uncomfortable or unusual, off-the-clock encounter with your boss? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey sympathizes. He wants to hear your story, warts and all.

    April 24, 2015